[单项选择]From the information in the passage, an important reason for the decision of the United States to build a canal was to ______ .
A. develop trade relations with Europe
B. improve relation with South American countries
C. stop European ships reaching the Pacific Ocean
D. build a canal through Panama would be a better choice

[单项选择]Based on the information from the passage, which of the following people do you think can benefit most from public relations services
A. Stockholders.
B. Presidents.
C. Artists.
D. Scholars.

[单项选择]From the information of the passage, we know that resume is a marketing tool to get us in the company and in front of the ______ maker.
A. sly
B. clever
C. woman
D. decision

[单项选择]From the information given in the passage it may be concluded that Calen ______.
A. taught and practiced medicine in Greece
B. shocked the medical men of his time with his research
C. made some incorrect statements about the human body
D. refused to let Roman religious beliefs interfere with his research

[单项选择]From the information given in the passage, the author's main concern is that _________.
A. the environment well-being and our health are related
B. the environment and the results of our exercising is relevant
C. the ever changing living standards demand more from the environment
D. the balance of environment and economic development is vital for the society

[单项选择]From the information given in the passage, most minerals would melt fastest _____________.
A. at 4,000°F, 5,000 feet below sea level
B. in the absence of oxygen
C. at 4,000°F, 5,000 feet above sea level
D. at the exact center of the earth at 4,000°F

[单项选择]From the passage, what information can be inferred about the event in 1993

[单项选择]The information in the passage suggests that advocates of the Headland Hypothesis discussed in the passage made which of the following errors
A. (A) Failing to recognize the reciprocal relationship between foraging practices and the availability of carbohydrate-rich species
B. (B) Attributing the trade relations between agriculturalists and foragers to the differences in the nutritional qualities of various rain forest food products
C. (C) Overemphasizing the importance of carbohydrate-rich species to the diet of rain forest foragers
D. (D) Interpreting changes in rain-forest composition to the willingness of agriculturalists to trade with foragers
E. (E) Failing to observe the role of seed-disbursal in the ecological success of the sago palm

[单项选择]According to the information of the passage, Quickwheel ______.
A. can be used to replace a flat tire
B. provides a kind of temporary support to the flat tire
C. is capable of moving as quickly as a wheel
D. is as flexible and durable as an ordinary wheel

[单项选择]The information in the passage suggests that the author is most likely______.

[单项选择]Where might this passage come from

[单项选择]According to the information in the passage, the term general purpose computer, in literal translation ______ .
A. implies that many different types of computers
B. implies that many different types of divisions
C. implies that many different types of problems can be handled by the machine
D. implies that many different operators

[单项选择]The level of information in the passage above is suited to the needs of all of the following people except ______.
A. an official of a research foundation who identifies research projects for potential funding
B. a state official whose position requires her to alert farmers about possible innovations in farming
C. a researcher whose job is to identify potentially profitable areas for research and product development
D. a botanist Conducting experiments to determine the relationship between degree of mycorrhizal infection and expected uptake of phosphate

[单项选择]Based on information in the passage, which of the following statements concerning the Alien Land Law of 1913 is most accurate
A. It excluded American-born citizens of Japanese ancestry from landownership.
B. It sought to restrict the number of foreign immigrants to California.
C. It successfully prevented Issei from ever purchasing farmland.
D. It was applicable to first-generation immigrants but not to their American-born children.

[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that from a historical perspective, the European conquest of the Americas can be viewed as
A. (A) most similar to earlier successful conquests
B. (B) most different from earlier failed conquests
C. (C) most dissimilar to earlier successful conquests
D. (D) most analogous to earlier failed conquests
E. (E) unlike any earlier conquests in history, successful or not

[单项选择]Based on the information in the passage, it can be inferred that low-fire clays are MOST appropriate for making objects that
A. (must be strong
B. ( can be porous
C. ( have a smooth texture
D. ( are highly decorated

[单项选择]The information provided in this passage may help us____.
A. make better use of the library as a useful service institution
B. pay more attention to up-to-date news provided in libraries
C. better understand librarians and appreciate their hard work
D. save more time for entertainment in library activities

[单项选择]According to the passage, important inventions of the twentieth century ______.
A. are not necessarily produced as a result of governmental support for military weapons research and development.
B. came primarily from the huge laboratories of monopoly industries
C. were produced at least as frequently by independent inventors as by research teams
D. have greater impact on smaller firms than on conglomerates